This season is so hard on many families. With freezing temps and cold weather lay offs, many families struggle to keep food on the table, let alone put a little something under the tree for their kids.

Fulltime Families is several things:

A Support Organization for Full-Time RVing Families

A Collective of Buying Power to solicit discounts from providers

A Community of People who share life together as their paths cross

And best of all – a group of amazing individuals, with a spirit of generosity – who seek to provide relief to fellow families who are suffering.

Gates of Hope Ministry is several things:

A Christ centered Organization focused on serving full-time RVing families on or off the road.

A community of Christians from around the US and world

An organization dedicated to promote the love of Jesus by finding ways to help those in need.

This Christmas, Fulltime Families is partnering with Gates of Hope Ministries to connect families in need with families looking for opportunities to give of themselves this Christmastime.

Submit Your Wishes

We cordially invite families to submit your wishes through this Google Form. We can not guarantee that every wish can be fulfilled but we will do our best to connect giving families with those families in need this holiday season.

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Make a Family’s Christmas Wish Come True

After November 15th, we will be posting the Wishes Applications for review both on Fulltime Families and Gate of Hope Facebook Pages. Choose a wish to fulfill and match your time, talents, extra resources or location with a family who needs a helping hand.

Other Ways to Help

Pray, send notes of encouragement, and keep these families in your thoughts. So many families experiencing hardship, feel alienated and ashamed by their circumstances. Take a moment to reach out and let them know someone cares about their circumstances.

Thank you for your consideration. We are immensely grateful for this community and blessed to be a part of it.

You may or may not be aware of the fact that Fulltime Families has their own Pinterest Account.

That’s a place where we pin all sorts of ideas for our life, like the Awesome Organization Thingies for your RV, Celebrating Holidays in your RV, Easy RV Crafts, and Ideas for Entertaining Little Ones on your Drive. If you haven’t been to our Pinterest Boards, check them out here: http://www.pinterest.com/ftfamilies/

But that’s not what this post is about!

This post is about a brand new feature we just included on every post in our website. It’s a tiny little red button that says, “Pin It” in the top corner of every post.

Check out how it works (we’ll wait…). See when you click that little button, it brings up all the pics on that particular blog post and allows you to pin any ones that you want to add to your own Pinterest account.

RV Trader knows members of the Fulltime Families community have needs different than other RV owners. While some RVers only need certain amenities for vacations or weekend getaways, RV Trader knows you are in your RV year-round, and it’s important that it feels like home. Whether you’re seeking more bunk space, a larger kitchen or the miles on your rig are adding up, RV Trader can help you find the perfect fit for your family.

RV Trader has worked with Fulltime Families for many years. We’ve helped sponsor rallies and co-promoted the #ThisisRVing tour alongside the Fulltime Families crew last year. RV Trader also has a special member benefit for Fulltime Families members to upgrade their units on RVTrader.com. When visiting the website, we allow you to compare thousands of units, prices, images, videos and more to make searching for your dream RV easy and fun.

Fulltime Families is the go-to community for families living the full-time experience, and RV Trader is proud to be a long time Official Partner. Visit RVTrader.com to get started today and don’t forget to use your discount code to get $20 off RV Trader’s BEST Sales Ad – One (1) Year sales ad with enhanced features and video upload. (reg. $99.95) Go to RV Trader and and the Promo code found in the Fulltime Families Members Only

The Roadschool Moms, a weekly, live radio show, hosted on the Ultimate Homeschool Radio Network, just wrapped up a new series geared towards answering the age-old question, “How do you make money on the road”.

Missed it? Replays are now up featuring real full-time RVers who have real answers for how to fund your RV dreams.

I love how this podcast came out! Usually you listen to podcasts, read books, surf the web, looking for actionable ideas you can implement to further your business. After you comb through all the mumbo-jumbo, buy the necessary tools, you realize, there were some steps missing and you’re still unsure as to how to start. I, myself, have been guilty of giving that kind of advice.

But Heath, the host of The RV Entrepreneur Podcast is a seasoned interviewer well beyond his years and he knows how to cull out of his guests the details, the specifics, the tips that make a difference.

If you’re curious about how the business side of Fulltime Families works, then I invite you behind the curtain to witness first hand how a kitchen table became a corporate headquarters and our family was led to an income stream to fuel our dreams.

Looking for more from The RV Entrepreneur?

Heath is hooking up listeners with a discount code for this event! Go to RV Entrepreneur Summit and use the discount code “fulltimers” when you’re checking out for $25 off your ticket price. But hurry this is limited to the first 10 listeners that take advantage of this offer!

On a recent episode of Roadschool Moms, Mary Beth and I shared our top 5 tips for new bloggers looking to make money with their blog. While blogging is not a get rich quick kinda’ thing, with consistent effort, it can be lucrative and can serve as an income stream for your full time rv adventures.

1) Establish an idea.

We’ve talked about it before and we’ll say it again, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to have an

edgy, new business plan. A fresh spin on an old idea can be just as profitable as the “next big thing.”

2) Register a url.

When you’ve come up with a viable plan for your new

business/blog, it’s time to nail down a business name. Research by simply going to

Google to be sure the name is available and not already trademarked, overused, or otherwise already taken. It is tempting to use catch words or unique spellings, but save yourself a huge number of headaches down the road and

stick to the correct spelling of the website name in the url.

3)Develop a mailing list.

The blogging world is mammoth and there are numerous ways to share your business venture; however, there is no better connection to your direct customers than a mailing list comprised of valid names (and email

addresses) of those who subscribe to your business. The website home page

should have an opt-in button or link so that potential customers can sign-up for your mailing list. The best way to entice them to do this is with a free product of some kind, usually an e-book or e-list that can be downloaded immediately after

valid information is entered into the mailing list subscription. The mailing list portion of a new business/blog can all be managed with a service such as Mailchimp or aWeber to target customers, send autoresponders, and a host of

other nifty ways to keep in touch with the prospects on your list.

4)Grow social media presence.

Social media can be a business’s best friend:

Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, and others. These avenues will help build

your reputation or brand while showcasing your products to those who might not

see it otherwise. In addition, social media can drive traffic to your website as well

as provide great customer feedback. Before launching a new website/blog, be

sure your ducks are in a row with established social media accounts and the

proper links.

5)Produce content.

Once your idea is put into motion and is rolling down the road

to financial success, keep the momentum going by producing timely and relevant

content. The key words to producing content are consistent and regular. Now,

this does not mean that a new post must appear on your website every morning

at 9 am. It does mean that new content should post at routine intervals to your

In this episode or Roadschool Moms, homeschool Moms and Business Owners, Kimberly Travaglino (of Fulltime Families) and Mary Beth Goff (The Road Trip Teacher) chat with Carol Parks to talk about the ins, outs and pitfalls of business ownership for homeschooling / roadschooling moms.

Carol is the proud founder and CEO of ForHomeschoolMomsOnly.com, the leading newsletter and website dedicated to the success of the home school mom. In addition, she’s the owner of a highly successful marketing and copywriting business she runs from home, New Heights Publishing & Marketing, LLC. Prior to that, she founded a professional home piano studio, where she taught a nearly full schedule of private and group lessons to adults and children for over 20 years, in 3 different states.

We currently have three openings for reviewers for Fulltime Families Magazine! To apply for any of these positions, please kimberly@fulltimefamilies.com. Please include a writing sample and the position you are applying to in the subject line of your email.

RV Living Product Review: We are looking for a family who likes getting free products!